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Hough, Lewis Sylvester

soldier, educator, lawyer, author, was born March 31, 1819, in Martinsburg, N. Y. He received diplomas from Hudson and Amherst colleges, and prior to the war he was engaged in teaching, as principal of the classical department of Germantown academy, and subsequently principal of one of the public schools in Philadelphia.

He was a soldier in the union army during the civil war; then again taught school; and has attained success as a lawyer of Media, Pa. He is the author of several political essays, the best known being America and Her Tariff, and the • Principles of Coinage and Currency.